List of Jewish cemeteries in New York City explained

This is a list of Jewish cemeteries in New York City. Non-sectarian cemeteries in which Jews are buried are not included in this list.

Name ! scope="col"
Borough Neighborhood Opened Closed Website Image
scope=row Acacia CemeteryQueensOzone Park1891No—
scope=row Baron Hirsch CemeteryStaten IslandGraniteville1899No[1]
scope=row Bayside CemeteryQueensOzone Park1865No—[2]
scope=row Beth El CemeteryQueensRidgewood1864No—
scope=row Beth Olam CemeteryBrooklyn and QueensCypress Hills1851No[3]
scope=row First Shearith Israel GraveyardManhattanTwo Bridges16821833–[4] [5]
scope=row Linden Hill Jewish CemeteryQueensRidgewood1875No—
scope=row Machpelah CemeteryQueensRidgewood18551980–[6]
scope=row Maimonides CemeteryBrooklynCypress Hills1853 1900—
scope=row Mokom Sholom CemeteryQueensOzone Park1864 No—[7]
scope=row Old Montefiore CemeteryQueensSpringfield Gardens1908 No[8]
scope=row Mount Carmel CemeteryQueensGlendale1906No[9]
scope=row Mount Hebron CemeteryQueensFlushing1909No[10] [11]
scope=row Mount Hope CemeteryBrooklynCypress Hills1881No—
scope=row Mount Judah CemeteryQueensRidgewood1908No
scope=row Mount Lebanon CemeteryQueensGlendale1914No
scope=row Mount Neboh CemeteryQueensGlendale1886No—[12]
scope=row Mount Richmond CemeteryStaten IslandRichmondtown1909No[13]
scope=row Mount Zion CemeteryQueensMaspeth1893No
scope=row Salem Fields CemeteryBrooklynCypress Hills1852 1900—[14]
scope=row Second Shearith Israel CemeteryManhattanTwo Bridges18051830–[15]
scope=row Silver Lake CemeteryStaten IslandSunnyside1892No[16]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Grunlund. Maura. Apathy, Neglect and Vines Overtake Staten Island Cemetery. Advance Publications, at silive.com. Staten Island Advance. 5 January 2016.
  2. News: Shapiro. Sorah. Reclaiming Bayside Cemetery – In the 1865 Jewish graveyard, a diverse group of volunteers fights the insults of man and nature. January 6, 2016. New York Newsday. October 11, 2003.
  3. Web site: Beth Olam Cemetery. shearithisrael.org. Congregation Shearith Israel. April 19, 2016.
  4. News: Chandler . Adam . The Hidden and Historic Jewish Cemeteries of Manhattan . . August 26, 2011.
  5. Web site: Chatham Square Cemetery. shearithisrael.org. Congregation Shearith Israel. April 19, 2016 .
  6. News: Houdini's Final Trick, a Tidy Grave. October 31, 2008. The New York Times. Corey. Kilgannon. October 31, 2008.
  7. News: Leduff . Charlie . 3 Cemeteries Are Haunted By Vandals . . November 24, 1996.
  8. News: Flegenheimer . Matt . Thousands Beat Path to Queens Cemetery to Remember a Jewish Leader . . July 1, 2014.
  9. News: Ross . Michelle . Families: Headstones cracking, grave beds sinking at Queens cemetery . August 21, 2024 . Pix 11 . August 8, 2022.
  10. News: Historian Jeff Gottlieb Creates 'Jewish Heritage Trail' In Queens . John . Toscano . The Queens Gazette . May 29, 2002.
  11. News: For boro, such a trail Jewish heritage map to be light & serious . Donald . Bertrand . . May 26, 2002.
  12. Web site: Division of Cemeteries: Department of State, New York . State of New York . August 21, 2024.
  13. News: Staten Island Advance. Staten Island's Hebrew Free Burial Association: Providing free traditional Jewish burial for 126 years. Thomas Matteo . Joel H. Cohen . January 28, 2015.
  14. Book: Bedoire, Fredric . The Jewish Contribution to Modern Architecture, 1830–1930 . KTAV . 2004 . 426–427 . Google Books.
  15. Web site: West 11th Street Cemetery. shearithisrael.org. Congregation Shearith Israel. 19 April 2016.
  16. News: . On Staten Island, A Jewish Cemetery Where All Are Equals In Death . March 31, 2009 . Jim . Dwyer .
  17. Web site: 21st Street Cemetery. shearithisrael.org. Congregation Shearith Israel. 19 April 2016.

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